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TI-2012-03974 Aliases CVE-2012-4663GHSA-7f5q-8qv9-j546

The DCERPC inspection engine on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series…

Priority LOW 35CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

The DCERPC inspection engine on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices, and the ASA Services Module (ASASM) in Cisco Catalyst 6500 series devices, with software 8.3 before 8.3(2.25), 8.4 before 8.4(2.5), and 8.5 before 8.5(1.13) and the Firewall Services Module (FWSM) 4.1 before 4.1(7) in Cisco Catalyst 6500 series switches and 7600 series routers allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device reload) via a crafted DCERPC packet, aka Bug IDs CSCtr21346 and CSCtr27521.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01711 77th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 21

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.3\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.3(1)VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.3\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.3(2)VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.4VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.4\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.4(1)VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.4\(1.11\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.4(1.11)VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.4\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.4(2)VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.4\(2.11\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.4(2.11)VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.5VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.5\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.5(1)VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.5\(1.4\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.5(1.4)VulnerableCisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.3\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.3(1) Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.3\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.3(2) Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.4 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.4\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.4(1) Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.4\(1.11\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.4(1.11) Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.4\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.4(2) Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.4\(2.11\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.4(2.11) Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.5 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.5\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.5(1) Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software:8.5\(1.4\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.5(1.4) Vulnerable ·Cisco
Show 11 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:5500_series_adaptive_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:7600_router:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6500:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6503-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6504-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6506-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6509-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6509-neb-a:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6509-v-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6513:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6513-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableCisco
  • cpe:2.3:h:cisco:5500_series_adaptive_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:h:cisco:7600_router:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6500:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6503-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6504-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6506-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6509-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6509-neb-a:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6509-v-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6513:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:h:cisco:catalyst_6513-e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-4663
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7f5q-8qv9-j546

References

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • TI-2012-00331 Buffer overflow in the Cisco Port Forwarder ActiveX control in cscopf.ocx, as distributed… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2012-03972 Stack-based buffer overflow in the DCERPC inspection engine on Cisco Adaptive Security… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
  • TI-2010-04403 The WebVPN implementation on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
  • TI-2010-04398 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software before 8.2(3)… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
  • TI-2011-00330 Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) 5500 series devices with software 7.0 before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2010-04393 The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack on Cisco Adaptive… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
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Sources

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